Mountain Water Rat vs umkokolo

Baiyankamys habbema compared with Dovyalis caffra

Key Differences

• Mountain Water Rat is Data Deficient while umkokolo is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mountain Water Rat	umkokolo
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Salicaceae
Genus	Baiyankamys	Dovyalis
Species	Baiyankamys habbema	Dovyalis caffra

Conservation Status

Mountain Water Rat

DD — Data Deficient

umkokolo

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Mountain Water Rat	umkokolo
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Mountain Water Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

umkokolo

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil).